Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-08-15
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q ne Moravian church which were brought
W III 10 one who he'd Tie pleasure Of being
pssssus q say time will ever forget the i'm
prsssioos received. The town wss oiled
with visitors from for and near and everything
presented truly festive appearance. The
Introductory services Of Saturday morning
was followed By the rededicatiou Of the
church build ina In the afternoon, st which
Bishop r. De SchWeinitz was to have pre-
sided but beipg prevented from attending by
ilinees the ceremony was performed by
Btshop A. A. keir ke, Of New York. The
suthems ny the choir "Behold tho Heaven OF
Heavens" BY Boyce, and "Pfaise the Lord
for He 10 Gracioue," from Mosart's y II Mass
were beautifully rendered. The pastor, Rev.
@. l.. Reinke, preached an eloquent ser.
mon from the same text used BY Rev.
Killings Onr at the dedication Of the
church 100 years ago Unfortunately
the original sermon hiss been lost, but the
three heads into which it was divided were
preserved, and in the centennial discourse
the pastor very appropriately confined his
remarks to those civlsioua They are lst,
Reason 8 for joy ., High significance Of the
day 8, Holy uses for which the church IL 70
DO devoted The programme of the first
praise meeting at I 80 o. m, led by Rev. J.
Max Hars, d. D., OF Lancaster. The choir
sang the beautiful anthem SHOW lovely are
thy dwellings fair" by Spohr, at the oper.
ing. This was followed by the pastor reading
IN historical sketch Of the congregation CON-
piled by Rev, H. A. Brickenstein. After the
singing OF ~ will magnify Thee" (Calkin),
By the choir, Dr. Hark delivered beautiful
address. Tne speaker drew . parallel be.
tween the alloy which ancients used with
gold to give the metal the proper consistency
for working, but which upon the breath OF q
certain actd disappeared entirely. leaving the
gold in oil its virgin purity, aud the Chris
tian church on earth, which wss to be only
An alloy by means OF which the spiritual
church could be moro readily built
and moulded, but which on the lest
day, by . breath from the Father
would be rolled away, leaving nothing
but that which is absolutely pure and
heavenly. This address was followed by q
beautiful solo, "My Heart Ever Faithful I"
(Bsch) by Miss Wolfe, after which Rev.
Gsrdsen, Of Lebanon, made few very inter.
esting reWarka
Though the weather on Sunday WAS threat.
ening and there was an occasional shower OF
rain, yet large number Of people arrived in
the morning train, and many came IN con.
veyancos from Lancaster and the surround
ing country. The festivities OF the day we're
opened by the playing OF the trombone
choir from the church steeple at $50 The
festival service ct 1890 . IN, was opened by
the choir rendering 40 Praise Him all "
Nations" (Bee.hoven.) Rev. E. T. Kluge
OF Nazareth, Pa, presched the sermon from
I. Peter 9 5, Ye also - living stones are
built up . spiritual house" The speak or
brought forth in . most eloquent manner the
lesson that 1t was not only necessary for al to
bs well trimmed and fitted stones iu the
temple OF Christ, but also necessary to be
living stones, well cemented together through
the blood Of Christ, aud strengthening and
supporting one another.
The love feast, at p. m Rev. ChaA
NAgel presiding, was opened with music by
the trombone choir, followed by psalm of
praise and thanksgiving, composed by Rev.
G. L. Reinke, aud sung, during the serving OF
the iesst, alternately by congregation and
choir. This psalm was arranged especially
for the occasion, the anthems by the choil
being o. follows: "Praise, Thanks aud Ad
ovatiou' (Beckler), "God OF Mercy, God O
Love- (Weber), and 'Freuen uud Fr@h.
Itch" (Herbst).
At $3.50 p. m. the holy sacrament Was ad
ministered TO the largest congregation eve
assembled for that purpose In the church, by
Rev. E. T, Kluge, assisted by the Rsvs g. L
Reinke and ChaAL Nagei. This WAS q mos
solemn and impressive occss i0n. The meet
ing was opened with solemn music by til,
trombone choir followed by the peculiarly
! impressive Morsvian communion service.
The children meeting At 7:5) a IN the last
/ OF the festival services, was indeed q grea
/ treat to all present The anthem, ~ Glorious
/ Be Thy n ame' from Mozarts XII. mass, was
l beautifully rendered by the choir. After tha
resding OF the scripture lessons tor the day,
/ BY Rev. Chss Nagel, the pastor introd ucsd
Bishop A. A. Rsinke to the Sunday school
children, who we're seated in q body in the
front part OF the church. After . few re-.
marks to the older part of the congregation,
the bishop at once secured the attention aud
god will of the children by asking them to
siug one OF their by INNS for him, which they
did most heartily. In his I'd iress he taught
In Q most beautiful manner the necessity OF
becoming Q true Child OF God" and illus
trsted each point with an interesting story to
d Z the lesson more firmly in the minds OF
o4ch one At the conclusion Of the address
/ tbs children sang another beautiful hymn
The superintendent OF the Sunday school,
Mr.. N. Wolfe wss then called upon to max 9
/ few remarks, at the conclusion OF which he
l took the opportunity to thank each and every
one who had contributed in any manner to
the su ccsss of the celebration.
The choir aud orchestra, under the eth
Glen. leadership of Prof. 8. Fred Van Week,
assisted by Prof. A. r. Beck, deserve more
than . passing word Of praise for the ID ne
rendering OF all the anthems, many of which
Were ysFy djtficult